Toy movie apparatus



March 12, 1935. N, FEINEN TOY MOVIE APPARATUS 2 Sheets-ShedI l Filed May 4, 1934 Nicholas Fe new ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY Movin APPARATUS Nicholas Feinen, Buffalo, N. Y. Application May 4, 1934, serial No. 723,959

2 claims. (ci. 46-37) This invention relates to a toy movie apparaing apertured to permit the hollow shaft 4 to extus, and has for the primary object the provision tend therethrough. Secured to the hollow shaft of a device of the above stated character which 4 is a gear 9 meshing with an escapement pinion may be manufactured and sold at a low cost and or mechanism l journaled on a stub shaft 11 5 is capable of displaying cartoons with a movie and carried by a bracket 12 removably secured 5 effect as well as displaying of a plurality of phototo the wall 2. The rotation of the hollow shaft graphswith thesameeffect and thereby afford 4 by the crank handle 5 drives the escapement maximum amusement and is so constructed that pinion or mechanism through the gear 9 and the cartoons and photographs may be readily said escapement pinion or mechanism imparts 10 removed and substituted by others as desired. to the escapement gear an intermittent rotation 10 With these and other objects in view this inand the supporting disc is correspondingly rovention consists in certain novel features of contated due to the fact that it is secured directly struction, combination and arrangement of parts to the escapement gear 8. The periphery of the to be hereinafter more fully described and casing 1 is provided with a slot 13 over which is claimed. slidably mounted a window frame 14. The frame 15 For a complete understanding of my invention, 14 provides a sight opening to the casing and is reference is to be had to the following description capable of alimited sliding movement relative and accompanying drawings, in which to said casing.

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a toy A character bearing or display drum 15 is lomovie apparatus constructed in accordance with cated in the casing 1 with its annular wall lo- 20 my'invention. cated to move relative to the sight opening of the Figure 2 is a Vertical sectional View illustrating casing and is slotted transversely and carries the same. upon its inner face a pin 16. A cartoon bear- Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View taken ing strip 17 surrounds the annular wall of the on the line 3 3 of Figure 2. drum and has its ends passed through the slot 25 Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line and apertured to receive a pin, the latter being 4 4 of Figure 3. of a headed type to be engaged by a notched Figure 5 is a detail sectional View taken on the lever 18 pivoted to the drum thus efficiently and line 5-5 of Figure 2. removably securing the cartoon strip to the an- Figure 6 is a detail sectional View illustrating nular wall of the drum so that the strip can be 30 one of the spring clips for holding the display easily removed and replaced by another when dedrum and disc to the driving disc. sired. The drum besides including the annular Figure 7 is a detail view, partly in section, wall also includes a perforated inwardly ex- ShOWIlg 1211 esapement deVCB OI' imparting an tending attaching flange 19 provided with apern termttent Totton t0 the 115131215 drum and tured ears to receive headed pins or bolts 20 car- 35 dlsc by the rotatwn 0f a Crank handlene@ by the disc 7. The flange forms a backing Figure 3 iS a fragmentary Sectional VBW tuusfor a removable character of cartoon bearing t1' ating a Sight Opening 0r Window t0 permit dis' disc 21 viewable through a window or sight openplay 0f the Characters earned by the druming 22 in the cover 3. The sight opening is closed 40 Figure is akperspecve View illustrating one by a transparent panel 23. The disc 21 and strip 40 0f the.sp rmg c11ps' 17 may bear characters other than characters Referrtng .m detall to. the drawmgs the nu' in the form of cartoons or the strip for instance mral 1 mdlates a'.casmg preferably of Cyltn may be composed of a series of photographs. drlcal formatlon havmg one fend Closed by an m' During the rotation of the crank handle the drum tegral Wall 2 and lts opposite end closed by a 45 will be caused to intermittently rotate, causing the characters, illustrations, photographs or the llgte; tf1) olvslfenefg ogtltupli like thereon to move in View through the winose exteriorl of the casing and has removably dOWS 01' slght Openmgs @fthe det/1C@ Wlth What 1saecuged theretoya crank handle 5, The other end mat be termed a mOi/mg plctule effectl 50 of the hollow shaft 4 terminates in spaced reia- Blfurcated Sprmg @1112s 24 engage with the tion to the cover 3 and receives a shaft 6 to which headed bOltS 01' DHS 20 Ol I'e'amlng Orl the latter is secured a supporting disc 7 and the latter has the Character bearing dSC aS Well aS the flange secured thereto and arranged in spaced relation 19 of the drum 15 and permits the disc and drum therefrom an escapement gear 8, the latter beto be readily removed or detached from the sup- 55 removable cover 3. The integral Wall 2 is aperporting disc '7 when it is desired to change the display of the device.

The escapement gear 8 has a plurality of relatively spaced notches 25 forming therebetween teeth 26 each provided with an arcuately curved face 2'7. The escapement pinion or mechanism l consists of a hub portion 28 having gear teeth 29 which mesh with the gear 9. Secured to the hub portion 28 is an arcuately curved member 30 and also a pin :31. The pin 31 is eccentrically located on the hub portion to engage with the notches 25 of the escapement gear 8 for imparting a step by step movement thereto by the rotation of the escapement pinion or mechanism and during the rotation of the latter and as the pin 31 moves out of the notches 25 the arcuate-shaped member 30 engages with the arcuate face 27 of a tooth to retain the escapement gear against movement when disengaged by the pin 31.

A bearing plate 32 is secured to the inner face of ,the cover 3 and abuts thev hub portion of the disc 'l to 4retain the shaft 6 within the hollow shaft 4 when the cover is assembled in the casing J1, and permits the removal'of the shaft 6 from the shaft 4 as well as the disc '7 and drum from the casing'when the cover is removed.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A toy apparatus comprising a casing having a sight opening, a hollow shaft journaled in the casing, a shaft journaled in said hollow shaft, a supporting disc carried by said second shaft, a character display drum removably secured to the disc and viewable through the sight opening, a. crank handle secured to the hollow shaft, a gear secured to the hollow shaft, an escapement gear secured to said disc, and an escapement pinion journaled in the casing and meshing with the first-named gear and the escapement gear.

2. A toy apparatus comprising a casing having sight openings, a drum journaled and removably nounted in said casing and including an annular wall provided with a slot and an inwardly extending flange, a pin carried by the annular wall and located adjacent the slot,a characterbearing strip viewable through one of the sight openings surrounding 'the annular Wall and having its ends passing through the slot and apertured to receive the pin, a notched catch pivoted to the annular wallto engagepwth the vpin and overlying the ends of the character bearing strip, a character bearing disc removably secured to the flange and. viewable through the other sight opening, and means for intermittently rotating the drum.

NICHOLAS FEINEN. 

